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Like they aren't already?
If schools are so dangerous that teachers need to carry and armed security is required, why the heck are people sending their kids to them??????????
It isn't like homeschooling is unknown to the general public.
Indeed!
Exactly. Parents - even supposedly conservative Republicans - looooove public schools.
Even if the teachers must be armed to protect the students, the parents keep sending them there.
The problem is that homeschooling requires a full paradigm shift. Unless you have limited resources there is a sizable investment of time and money. Many parents, no matter their political bent, are afraid to give up their lifestyle to have at least one parent at home dedicated to teaching the kids. I know it sounds callus, but it is often true that lifestyle wins out. And the kids are OK with that too.